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Vermont Energy Education Program asks Legislature to help restore stable funding as school and community demand grows
Summary
Leaders of the Vermont Energy Education Program told the Senate committee that decreased contract funding from Efficiency Vermont and the loss of federal education grants have reduced their operating support; the nonprofit seeks creative options to fund K–12 and community climate and energy education.
Andy Shapiro, a longtime educator and energy consultant, and Sofia (Sophie) Donforth, executive director of the Vermont Energy Education Program (VEEP), told the Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee on March 19 that their nonprofit’s school and community programming has expanded while traditional funding sources have contracted.
Shapiro described VEEP’s hands-on curriculum for K–12 students: classroom kits and demonstrations that show how electricity, wind and solar generation work; a model electric grid used for classroom exercises; and the Youth Climate Leadership Academy, a weekend program that coaches students on projects and…
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